For those unaware of just who Assata Shakur is, Assata was a Black Panther Party-Affliliated Member Of The Black Liberation Army. Wrongfully convicted in 1977, for a murder that she would have been physically unable to commit (It's pretty hard to shoot someone with an arm that you had been shot in). Forensics experts testified that her hands were in the "Surrender Position" when she was shot; and she suffered some degree of paralysis as a result. Nevertheless, she was sentenced to Life in Prison for the 1973 murder of a New Jersey State Trooper. Assata was convicted by an All White Jury, and prosecuted by the media long before her trial. If you've ever read her biography "Assata," even the most close-minded detractor against The Black Power Movement would agonize at the treatment she received between the time of her arrest & eventual escape from Clinton correctional in 1979 (being left in the morgue-next to her fallen comrad Zayd Shakur, being abused in the hospital & then placed in a Men's Prison, etc.). In 1979 Assata Shakur was liberated by a team of comrads, who took three Prison Guards hostage to secure her safe exit from the prison. The guards were released unharmed, and Assata Shakur moved from Safe House to Safe House until eventually being granted Political asylum to Cuba five years later. Today she sits with a $2 Million Dollar Bounty on her Head, and is listed on The FBI's Most wanted Terrorist List, though she has never committed or conspired in any conspiracies against any country. To me though, she is a HERO! She personifies every bit of the definition of Freedom, Self-Determination, Justice & Power. Her writings, oratory, and simple continual existence in a free state are ever so inspiring... May The Spirit Of The Ancestors protect her; but WE MUST ALSO DO OUR PART. Hit up "Our President" on Facebook and Twitter ( https://www.facebook.com/potus/?fref=ts https://twitter.com/POTUS ) and let him know that those that elected him do not support this action. Tell Cuba and The P.O.T.U.S. to leave Assata alone. #HandsOffAssata And #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
Assata Must Remain Free! #TellYourPresident
For more about Assata Shakur, go straight to the source herself with the links and vis=deos below:
http://www.thetalkingdrum.com/bla4.html
SOURCES:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/u-s-cuba-relations/cuba-wants-convicted-spy-released-u-s-prisoner-swap-n585601
http://nypost.com/2016/06/04/us-and-cuba-in-talks-to-bring-cop-killer-back-to-america/
http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/1039992-U-S-and-Cuba-in-talks-to-bring-back-Assata-Shakur-in-a-prisoner-exchange